Australia storm sweeps three to their death as it hits east coast

A swimmer is hit by a wave as he enters the water. Severe weather, bringing strong winds and heavy rain, hit the eastern coast of Australia at Clovelly Beach in Sydney, June 5, 2016.
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But CLSA analyst Jan Van Der Schalk did not see a major earnings impact on insurers who said they were still assessing the impact of the catastrophe.[S9N0ZH019]

Australian websites including Channel Nine <NEC.AX>, Foxtel Play <TLS.AX> <NWSA.O> and Domino's Pizza <DMP.AX> went down on Sunday when Amazon Web Service's <AMZN.O> Sydney zone experienced a two-hour power outage, ITnews website said.

An Amazon spokesman declined to comment but Amazon Web Services’ status page on Monday showed several connectivity issues in Sydney had been resolved.

Automated teller machines and point-of-sale banking services were also hit.

A spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New South Wales state said Newcastle, the world's largest exit point for sea-borne thermal coal and used by global miners Glencore <GLEN.L>, Rio Tinto <RIO.AX> <RIO.L> and Anglo American <AAL.L>, was placed on restricted ship movements over the weekend but did not sustain any damage.

"While some sites had minor production interruptions, none of these has impacted our contractual obligations or production forecasts," Glencore said.

Port Kembla, the largest vehicle import hub in Australia, remained closed as the storm moved south.